Bolivia announced its endorsement of the Safe Schools Declaration on November 19, 2018, bringing the total number of endorsing states to 82. With Bolivia's endorsement, 13 Latin American countries now support the Declaration.

Women and girls often experience different forms of attacks on education, with different long-term impacts, from those experienced by boys and men. GCPEA offers guidance on how to better protect female students and educators from attacks on education.

Deliberate and indiscriminate attacks on schools and universities, their students, and staff have become more widespread over the last five years, GCPEA said in the 2018 edition of its flagship report, released on May 10, 2018.

In Oslo on May 29, 2015, 37 states joined the Safe Schools Declaration, committing to take concrete action to protect education from attack, including by endorsing and using the Guidelines for Protecting Schools and Universities from Military Use. The number of endorsing states has been growing ever since. (photo credit: R.Fjeld, UD/Malala Fund).

What is the Safe Schools Declaration? What do countries who endorse the Declaration agree to do? GCPEA provides answers to these and other frequently asked questions about the Safe Schools Declaration.